[self-interest] unixGlobals os command:IfFail: vs. command:Executing:IfFail:

[Xin Wang]

2016-10-12 14:39 GMT+08:00 Russell Allen mail at russell-allen.com
[self-interest] <self-interest at yahoogroups.com>:

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> Hi,
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> I wouldn’t recommend reading the actual .self files. They were created by
> the Transporter and aren’t particularly human friendly. It is much easier
> to work within the UI.
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> That said, if I am in the UI and type c*ommand:Executing:IfFail:* in to a
> shell, highlight and right click it, and choose ‘Implementors’, I see that
> the method has a comment which reads:
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> Execute cmd as a shell command.
> If it fails, see if aFileName exists somewhere
> in $PATH.  If not, prompt the user and try again.
> — dmu
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> And if I right click again on the name and choose “Senders” I see that
> there is one sender: *readUsingImageMagick: fileName Type: type* which
> uses it to check that the ‘convert’ command line app is present.
>
> Cheers Russell
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A cool tip! Thanks.

After reading comments and code of command:Executing:IfFail: and related
command:ExecutingAll:IfFail:, I think comment and code are not consistent,
maybe one of them should be adjusted.


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> On 11 Oct. 2016, at 11:16 pm, Xin Wang dram.wang at gmail.com
> [self-interest] <self-interest at yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> Hi all,
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> When reading code in `objects/core/unix.self`, I can not figure out what's
> purpose of `command:Executing:IfFail:`. Could anyone give me a hint?
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> Regards,
> Xin Wang
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